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HASC Proposes Pilot for Hybrid Space Architecture

HASC Proposes Pilot for Hybrid Space Architecture
Republic of Korea (ROK) Adm. Kim, Myung-Soo, chairman of the ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff, discusses U.S. and ROK space integration with U.S. Space Force Gen. Chance Saltzman, Chief of Space Operations, in Seoul, ROK on May 7 (ROK Photo)

The House Armed Services Committee's (HASC) version of the fiscal 2025 defense authorization bill calls on U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command (SSC) to demonstrate a hybrid, military-commercial space architecture through a pilot program. The pilot should integrate at least one military satellite communications (SATCOM) system, such as Boeing's [BA] Wideband Global SATCOM or Micro Geostationary Earth Orbit (Micro GEO) satellites, HASC said. SSC said last fall that it is interested in developing Micro GEO satellites because of their increased…

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